Savage Melody

Savage Melody

Author: R. K. Knightly

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13:

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Three years ago, JB lost everything on his rise to being a huge star. On his way up, he was stupid enough to make one decision he'll always regret. Losing his girl, his biggest supporter, set off a chain reaction. He didn't know who he was anymore, and music was his only outlet after his heartbreak. But he only had himself to blame for it. Him and no one else. But now she's in his life again as his new PR rep. It's a surprise, but a good one, and he's desperate to win her back, no matter what it takes and who he has to fight off to get his girl back. "Got caught up," I told him. "In who?" My brows lifted. "Dave, did you just make a sexual innuendo? That might be a first. L.A.'s getting to you already." "This meeting is important, J. Focus." "I'm focused, man. Like, hyper-focused. It's all good." I patted him on the shoulder and felt the tension there. The man needed to seriously f***ing chill. He was going to stroke out if he kept this uptight and s**t. I liked Dave as an agent, and I wasn't about to start looking for a new one just because my current one had zero chill. We stepped into a large boardroom with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out towards the ocean. The lease must've been sky high here to have views like that. KT, Jett, and Seth were already seated at the table, another rep with them. He wore what I assumed to be an Armani suit in charcoal grey. Unlike Dave, he didn't look like he'd had the handle of a broomstick shoved up his a** recently. He was totally southern California, totally chill. Dave could do with a few lessons from him. "Channing Grey," the man said as he stood, sticking his hand out to shake. I hated anything too formal, but stuck my hand out anyway. "Your new PR rep will be here in a few. She's on her way up--" "Sorry, I'm late!" Shit. That voice. I'd know it anywhere. F**k me.


Jet

Jet

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1991-01-07

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Singing the English

Singing the English

Author: Hannah L. Scott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-03-31

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1000565920

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Late nineteenth-century France was a nation undergoing an identity crisis: the uncertain infancy of the Third Republic and shifting alliances in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War forced France to interrogate the fundamental values and characteristics at the heart of its own national identity. Music was central to this national self-scrutiny. It comes as little surprise to us that Oriental fears, desires, and anxieties should be a fundamental part of this, but what has been overlooked to date is that Britain, too, provided a thinking space in the French musical world; it was often – surprisingly and paradoxically – represented through many of the same racialist terms and musical tropes as the Orient. However, at the same time, its shared history with France and the explosions of colonial rivalry between the two nations introduced an ever-present tension into this musical relationship. This book sheds light on this forgotten musical sphere through a rich variety of contemporary sources. It visits the café-concert and its tradition of ‘Englishing up’ with fake hair, mocking accents, and unflattering dances; it explores the reactions, both musical and physical, to British evangelical bands as they arrived in the streets of France and the colonies; it considers the French reception of, and fascination with, folk music from Ireland and Scotland; and it confronts the culture shock felt by French visitors to Britain as they witnessed British music-making for the first time. Throughout, it examines the ways in which this music allowed French society to grapple with the uncertainty of late nineteenth-century life, providing ordinary French citizens with a means of understanding and interrogating both the Franco-British relationship and French identity itself.


Music in Human Experience

Music in Human Experience

Author: Jonathan L. Friedmann

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2022-02-23

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1527580113

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Music plays an integral role in many facets of human life, from the biological and social to the spiritual and political. This book brings together interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies on the functions, purposes, and meanings of music in human experience.